Afi Corporation

Kyoto University

Takayuki Itoi

Masakazu Toi

Yoshikazu Wakizaka

Takaharu Enjoji

Masayo Takano

Tomomi Nishimura

An analysis device () analyzes a crossover frequency at which a dielectrophoretic force on dielectric particles switches from a repulsive force to an attractive force or from the attractive force to the repulsive force, comprising a flow channel (), a pair of electrodes (), a power supply (), an imaging unit () and an analyzer (). Through the flow channel (), a sample solution containing the dielectric particles in the dielectrophoretic liquid flows. The pair of electrodes () are arranged in the first channel. The power supply () applies a frequency-modulated AC voltage to the first electrodes (). The imaging unit () captures an image of a movement trajectory of each of the dielectric particles flowing between the electrodes () in the flow channel. The analyzer () obtains the crossover frequency of the dielectric particles based on the captured image of the movement trajectory.

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Osaka, Japan

Takayuki Itoi